Muddy Cult…..smells like Obscure on hyperdrive. The structure of the song itself is confusing and, well, muddy, and the song is so typical VK indies it’s not funny. A gruesome video to go along with the song, but somehow it misses the art that made me like Obscure and instead is just overly gory, messy, and, err, IDK what the fuck happens in parts of it.
And like my friend said, there are 10 better things to do to a naked girl strapped down on a chair than to cut her viscera.
4/10
Distress and Coma….the title track has me falling to pieces and reminds me most of their older days. Although the chorus is repeated once too often and the background singing drives a spike into my eye, the song is strong and beautiful enough to compensate. Headache Man initially gave me a headache, but as time wore on it grew on me. It’s not one of my favorite tracks but the part where Ruki’s voice is slightly distorted as he sings a proper voice is my favorite part of the song. Without a Trace….let’s just say this is the one time I suggest you actually buy the Optical Impression instead. I’ve heard that it sounds most like Chizuru, but the song is bland and boring and offers nothing.
8/10
HYDE’s new compilation album HYDE is out, and if you’ve been collecting all of his stuff up to this point you can effectively just skip this collection unless you MUST have everything he’s ever released. If you’re fairly new to HYDE, then this is the perfect place to start. It comprises of tracks from all of his releases I believe and does a good job at it.
8/10
Journey through the Decade is Gackt’s latest single, and to me the weakest after Ghost and Jesus. It tries to emulate Jesus but doesn’t carry the same energy that that track had, so it ends up just being a regular Gackt-y song. The kicker is that Gackt didn’t even WRITE this song, so it feels even less like him. At least it’s a good theme for Kamen Rider Decade. The two additional tracks are just instrumental: one emulating the feeling of GHOST and the other one harkening back to his old MOON days. Nice tracks, but having just one actual track on the single kills it for me.
7/10
I’m downloading Ambrozia now, so when I give it a proper listen I’ll review it PROPERLY. I just needed to get these few off my mind right now. Life sucks so yeah, I haven’t been able to jump on as much as I wanted to.
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